Wagon-box fastener



MORRIS SOHMUCKER, OF LANARK, ILLINOIS.

WAGON=BOX FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pa Application nien April 7. inse.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS ScHMUeKnR, a resident of Lanark, in thecounty of Carroll and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in VagonvBox Fastenings; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fastenings for the detachableside boards of wagon-boxes, and is fully described and eX- plained inthis specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is an elevation of my improved fastening in working position.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof through the line x x, Fig. I.Fig. 3 is a section through the line y y, Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is atransverse section of the fastening through the line e z, Fig. l.

In the views, A is one of the sides of a wagon-box, and A is adetachable side-board resting on the side A and held in the planethereof by cleats or clamps a, Figs. l and 3, in the usual manner.

3 is a bolt-case provided with a flange, b, for attaching it to thesideboard A', and C is a bolt lying within the bolt-ease and slidinglongitudinally therein. The bolt is provided with an operating-knob, K,the neck of which slides in a slot, S, cut longitudinally in the shellol' the bolt-case, and a plate, I), lying outside the bolt-case, isattached to the knob K and covers the slot S in all positions ofthebolt. Below the bolt-ease, and forming a continuation thereof, is acatch, B', fastened tothe side A of the box by means of flanges b'.

The boit C is of such length that when it is at its lowest limit ofmot-ion in the bolt-case its lower end projects below the catch B', andthe lower end of the bolt is preferably bifurcated, as shown, andconsists ot' two spring legs, c c, each of which has at its extremity anexternal shoulder or projection, c.

It is evident that when the parts are in the positions shown in thedrawings the sideboard A' can only be lifted from the side of thewagon-box upon pressing together the ends of the legs c c of the bolt,and that when the side-board is detached from the box its return to theposition shown in Fig. l can easily be eiected by passing the ends ofsaid legs through the catch B'. The projections c on the legs c tentm1389324, dared september 11, 1888.

Serial No. 269,977, (No molelJ cally compressed by downward pressure inthe catch B'.

The upper end of the bolt case is preferably closed, as shown, toprevent the admission lower end of the case overhang the upper end ofthe catch B' for the same reason. The lower end of the catch may, ifdesired, have the form indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so thatwater running down the outside of the catch may drop from its edgeinstead of running inward to the bolt; but this is not important.

Evidently the legs c c of the bolt C, instead of being elastic, may bejointed to the bolt and pressed outward by a spring, but I prefer theform shown.

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the side A of a wagon-box and the detachableside-board A', resting thereon, of the bolt-case secured upon theside-board, the catch secured upon said side in line with the bolt-ease,and thc bolt sliding in the case to pass through the catch, and havingprojections engaging the catch upon opposite sides.

2. The bolt-case B, secured upon the sideboard A' and having its lowerend beveled, as shown, the catch B', secured upon the box side A andhaving its upper end adapted to fit the beveled lower end of the case,the bolt C, sliding in the case and having spriug-legs c, the downwardlyand inwardly sloping projections c', engaging the lower edge of thecatch and when in position lying below the catch to serve as a hold forthe fingers in releasing the bolt.

sideboards A', of the cleats a, the case B upon the sideboard, the catchB' upon the box, the bolt C, provided with springlegs c and projectionsc', to engage the catch, the knob K, for actuating the bolt, and theplate I), sliding with the knob and at all times covering the slot inwhich the knob-neck moves, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presenceoftwo subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS SGHMUCKER.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. RnNNnR, N. R. Rosn.

are outwardly beveled, so as to be automatiof water to the case, and Iprefer to make the 3. The combination, with the box A and 9

